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Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, to be called Francis, will break ground as a Jesuit and Latin American. But his views on gay marriage, abortion and other issues make him a conservative choice to lead the church.
After the split occurs, Time Inc. will no longer have the lucrative film and television assets of Time Warner to prop it up.
Showing improvement on memory or reasoning tests, but no longer necessarily in daily functioning, could lead to approvals.
The selection of an Argentine, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, as pope served as an emphatic salute to the growing power of Latinos across the Americas.
The last year for Matt Lauer, the once-popular host of the network’s “Today” show, is a lesson on how a combination of missteps can precipitate a star’s fall.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 13, 2013, covering March 14, 2013.
Bruno Mars
Atoms For Peace
Mumford & Sons
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Hillsong United
2013Jack Greene, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1930)[†]
Jack Henry Greene was an American country musician. Nicknamed the "Jolly Greene Giant" due to his height and deep voice, Greene was a long time member of the Grand Ole Opry. A three-time Grammy Award nominee, Greene is best known for his 1966 hit, "There Goes My Everything". The song dominated the country music charts for nearly two months in 1967 and earned Greene "Male Vocalist of the Year", "Single of the Year", "Album of the Year" and "Song of the Year" honors from the Country Music Association. Greene had a total of five No. 1 country hits and three others that reached the top ten. Billboard magazine named Greene one of the Top 100 "Most Played Artists".
2013Aramais Sahakyan, Armenian poet and author (born 1936)[†]
Aramais Sahakyan was an Armenian poet, humorist, publicist and translator.
2013Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician, Cambodian Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1925)[†]
Ieng Sary was the co-founder and senior member of the Khmer Rouge and one of the main architects of the Cambodian genocide. He was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea led by Pol Pot and served in the 1975–79 government of Democratic Kampuchea as foreign minister and deputy prime minister. He was known as "Brother Number Three", as he was third in command after Pol Pot and Nuon Chea. His wife, Ieng Thirith, served in the Khmer Rouge government as social affairs minister. Ieng Sary was arrested in 2007 and was charged with crimes against humanity but died of heart failure before the case against him could be brought to a verdict.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]